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Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Slightly a bigger home by Sime Darby - Part 3 of 3 ( Moving in preparation)

Bismillahirahmanirahim

Crestfallen by the skewed wall (which is now being fixed AGAIN FOR THE 3RD TIME), we, on the other hand had to now start engaging contractors / designers to equip our house. We cant afford to wait any longer could we? At some future time, the house repayment will commence dah.

Sharing some info on the really basic needs

Essentials No. 1 - The grille

Out of many grille companies that we have surveyed two are of the same quality of workmanship.

Price: About at that range compared to others.Workmanship : Looking at the samples in the showroom, both work look pretty neat. Furthermore,we even showed them the sample house of a good grille workmanship and a not so good grille workmanship and they understood our expectation.Contractor chosen: Locked our deal with the City Gate. The total bill includes the normal powder coated grille for the whole house and the courtyard's pergola.

Essentials No. 2 - The auto gate and house alarm

Planning to engage the person who did our house in Puncak Alam. En Johari

Price : About at that range with other contractors

Workmanship : So far, it was easy to deal with En Johari. No issue on after sales service.

Kind of idiotic...Sime Darby allocated the AC power points and the pipe on the walls, but there were no copper pipe installed..like what are those for then that hacking work is still needed?

Jadinya, hacking jobs needed are for all the AC copper pipe installation..and alang kepalang for the relocation of power points for my kitchen appliances and what other else. *kalau ter-ada duit lebih wanna ask for some paint works too

Price : Among the 3 quotations from contractors, Trinity offers the best price.

Workmanship : They did our house in Puncak Alam and we were happy with the clean & neat work. Credited for their very neat tiling works.

Contractors surveyed:

Essentials No. 4 - CurtainsWill have our first appointment at the house for free measurements with Macy this coming Sunday. We went to 7 different curtain specialists. Two of which that Im more likely to tailor my curtain with...albeit they are a bit dear ..

1. Emylin in Shah Alam -->Selections : Not so much to my liking. So datin-datin like. Me no likePrice : Ranges from RM70-RM90 per meter

2. Nagoya in Alam Sentral --> Forget about it!

3. JunDeco in Ikano -->Selections : not so much of variety.Like only 20 choices kot. but doted on a few designs.Price : Ranges between RM100 - RM300 per meter

5. SSF in Puchong -->Selections : Quite a number of selections juga..like more than 50 choices... Out of many, spotted only few that I like.Price : Ranges from RM60 - RM90 per meter

6. Baagus in Puchong -->Selections : not so bagus after allPrice : Ranges RM90 and above per meter

7. Elyza's in SACC --> Omit this terus! The two sales assistance were such a snob..typical malayu tiada adab..

Essentials No. 5 - The kitchen cabinetsLastly, the heart of the house. Like any other new home owners, kitchen cabinets is a very big deal! I mean, its the heart of the house. And getting the right design and quality and material really does matter.

Kian Classic Showroom in Kota Damansara.

Somebody was busy scrutinizing the showroom ...heheheh..papa's "blood pressure go upstairs"...
We opted for the matt & eco-class serie cabinets whereby it is said to have less of that typical kitchen cabinet distinctive smell. Lets see if it really does the trick.

As usual, measurements for my reference

Price : Subject on the layout of the cabinets.

Workmanship : Some gave positive reviews , some gave the other wise. Lets just wait and see shall we ;)

Oh btw, we bought our new kitchen appliances from the annual Signature Kitchen's warehouse sale recently. We learnt that it is comparatively worth going to a warehouse sales rather than to home expo(s)...at least you are not obliged to pursue with the vendor due to the deposit paid during the event.

Studies

I find these info on kitchen cabinet guideline very useful (well at least for us)

Your kitchen should not be a main thoroughfare to the rest of your home. This means traffic should not cross the kitchen work triangle.

The total length of the kitchen work triangle (the cumulative distance between the cooktop / fridge / sink) should not exceed 7000mm (23′). The ideal length of the kitchen work triangle lies between 4000mm (13′) and 6000mm (19′).

The minimum opening between kitchen cabinets in a doorway should be 800mm (31 1/2″).

Appliance doors or entry doors should not interfere with the work centres.

You should not place a full height cabinet or appliance between any two of the major work centres....